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Food in the UK. Read and listen.

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Read the following text carefully.

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The British have imported food from very different cultures.

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the Indian, the Chinese and the Italian.

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One reason for the popularity of these types of restaurants

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is that they are often much cheaper than the more traditional British ones,

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which serve a mixture of British and French cooking.

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In the larger cities, there is a great choice of restaurants.

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A good example of this are the vegetarian restaurants,

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which offer a different type of food.

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Takeaway food

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Restaurants often have a takeaway service in which you buy the food cooked and take it into elsewhere.

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The most common are Indian, Chinese and Italian pizza takeaways, and there are also the American fast food restaurants.

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The original British takeaway food is fried fish and chips, that is, fries, potatoes, and there are still hundreds of fish and chips shops.

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Self-service

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Another cheap way to eat out is to go to a self-service coffee, where you serve yourself from a counter and pay for your food before eating it.

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Many self-service restaurants now offer a good range of salads and hot meals.

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Restaurants

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Restaurants are usually more expensive than fast-food restaurants or self-service coffees.

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Most restaurants show a menu outside the building so you can see the type of food served and the prices.

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Thank you for listening. Bye bye!